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Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Eric S. Raymond, 1997. Named Linus’s Law in honor of Linus Torvalds.

Yes, especially in codebases with wide visibility and contributor diversity.

Popularized by Eric S. Raymond in The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The idea is that broader participation improves software quality. Named after Linus Torvalds, but not coined by him.